Sharp County record., 1887-08-04

CASUALTIES by the Hopedale (Ill.) disas-
ter now foot up ten killed and twenty-five
injured.
RUSSIA is massing troops along the Al
CHAN frontier, and the opinion obtains that
she intends TO swOOp down on Herat and
Cabul when an Opportune moment arrives.
REV. JOSEPH PARKER, of the London City
Temple, being about to leave for America,
where be will deliver a eulogy OF the late
Henry Ward Beecher, made a farewell ad-
dress TO his congregation on the 18th.
GOVERNOR KNOTT Of Kentucky on the
18th ordered Adjutant-General Castleman
to get in readiness fifty soldiers to go to
Bell County to preserve order. The sheriff
of that county was killed on the 25th- and
war has been threatening since.
F. L. GREEN, of Chihuahua, Mex, was
married at st. Louis, on the 2Sth, to Miss
McLane, OF Boston, author Of "Cape Cod
Folks.D
THE fire in the naphtha spring store
houses at Balachut, Russia, was extin-
guished, after burning for several days.
One million pOOds of naphtha were burned.
A WIND storm with rain, on the 2oth, de-
stroyed part Of the grand stand, unroofed
a portion of the stables. blew down fences
and Frustrated the telegraph and telephone
wires at the Latonia Tace-track, at CincIn-
natl, causing 5000 to $4,000 damages. No
person was injured.
A TELEGRAM was received at the execu-
tive department, at Harrisburg, Pa, on
the 18th. from the CITY marshal of Wind
sOr, o., stating that he had arrested man
who was supposed to be McCabe, the es'
capped Wayne County murderer, who was
under sentence of death. 4 description OF
| McCabe was forwarded.
JUDGE A. E. COLE Of the Rowan tKy.)
Circuit Court made formal application, on
| the 18th, for troops to protect his court,
which couvenes on August ?. Judge Cole
and others feel certain there will be blood
shed unless troops are at hand. Friends OF
| Craig TOlliver are already collecting IN the
| neighbOrhOod.
| Dr. VON SCHLOEZER. Prusslan Minister
| 70 the Vatican, has presented to the Pope
an exquisitely wrought mitre, adorned with
rubies, diamonds, sapphires and emeralds,
| and accompanied by an autograph letter
| from the Emperor of Germany, rendering
the bejeweled offering as his jubilee gift tc
the Holy FsSher.
CHARLES EVANS, a colored man, was
| charged in the police court at Washington,
on the 2Stl, with grave-robbing, and was
sent to the workhOuse TO allow the officers
an opportunity TO investigate the matter
further. He opened the grave Of his dead
sweetheart and cut off one of her hands,
MORE than l30 members Of the British
Parliament, including eight ministers,
have signed a memorial addressed to PresI-
dent Cleveland and the United States Con-
gress in favor of the settlement Of interna.
tional disputes by arbitration.
The Secretary Of State has received a
dispatch from COnsul-General Phelan at
Halifax. n. s., saying that he is investi-
eating the recent seizures Of American
vessels in Canadian waters, and that he
has instructed the Consul at Charlotte
town. Prince Edwards Island, to take
measurement of the sea at that point
where the seizures were made, to establish
the exact distance from shore.
The Ohio State Republican convention
nominated the following ticket on the 2Sth:
Governor, y B. Foraker, renominated; Lieu
tenant-Governor, W. C.. Lyon; Supreme
Judges, long term, VIM. T. Spear; short
term, F. J. Dickman; Auditor, E. W. Poe;
Attorney-General, D. K. Watson; member
of Board of Public Works, c. A. Flicking-
er; Treasurer, John C. Brown.
THE chief of the Bureau of Animal In
dustry has Just made a preliminary repor
to the Commissioner of Agriculture in re-
ference to the progress of the work for the
suppression of pleurO-pneumOnia for the
six months ending June 30, 1887. The
total number of herds inspected during
the six months is 5,351, containing 1904
animals; 29S herds and l1,62S animals
have been placed in quarantine, among
which were found 9O4 diseased animals.
Post-mortem examinations were made on
the carcasses of 4, ,S51 animals and showed
that ,044 of these have been affected with
pleuro-pneumonia.